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Dissolution (The First in the Shardlake Series)

Dissolution (The First in the Shardlake Series)

by C . J . Sansom (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved. But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell's Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege - a black cockerel sacrificed on the alter, and the disappearance of Scarnsea's Great Relic. Dr Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell into this atmosphere of treachery and death. But Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question everything he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes ...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 463
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Pan
Published: 18 May 2007
ISBN 10: 0330450794
ISBN 13: 9780330450799
Book Overview: The Shardlake backlist is being reissued in B format alongside the paperback of the third in the series, Sovereign Sovereign has been shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award 2006 This series is winning a loyal following - over 160,000 copies of the first two Shardlake novels sold in Pan paperback Guaranteed to appeal to readers of all kinds - clever, witty, atmospheric, and featuring a wry, rueful, compassionate hero Dark Fire won the 2005 CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Ecstatic reviews: 'It's in his Tudor novels that Sansom's remarkable talents really blaze out' Sunday Times; 'This series just gets better and better' Bookseller

Media Reviews
This is a humdinger of a whodunnit. Read it!
The sights, the voices, the very smell of this turbulent age seem to rise from the page. With his remarkable debut, C. J. Sansom can lay claim to a place among the most distinguished of modern historical novelists. (P. D. James) Sansom seems to have been born with, or instinctively acquired, that precious balance of creativity and research that lets a mystery set in another time walk a delicate line between history and humanity. ( Chicago Tribune ) With this cunningly plotted and darkly atmospheric effort, Sansom proves himself to be a promising newcomer. ( Publishers Weekly ) This is a humdinger of a whodunnit. Read it! (Colin Dexter)
Author Bio
C. J. Sansom was educated at Birmingham University, where he took a BA and then a Ph.D. in history. After working in a variety of jobs, he retrained as a solicitor and practised in Sussex, until becoming a full-time writer. He lives in Sussex.